Bale-tie.



(LE. PULVER.

BALE TIE.

APPLICATION FILED DEG.12, 1911.

1,980,778, Patented Dec. 9, 1913.

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COLUMBIA PLANOGRAPH CO WASHINUTON. D c

CHARLES E. PULVE R, 0F COSMOPOLIS WASHINGTON.

BALE-TIE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 9, 1913.

Application filed December 12, 1911. Serial No. 665,337.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLns E. PULVER,

a citizen of the United States, residing at Cosmopolis, in the county ofChehalis and State of rvashington, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in BaleTies, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in bale ties.

The object of my invention is to provide a simple, inexpensive, andefiicient bale tie that will not injure the hands of the user engaged inadjusting it around the bale.

With the above and other objects in view, my invention consists in thecombination, arrangement and details of construction shown in thedrawings and then more particularly pointed out in the appended claims.i 7

Similar reference. characters designate similar parts throughout therespective views in the drawings, wherein Figure 1 is a side elevationof a bale tie shown in position over a bale, Fig. 2 is an enlargeddetail side elevation thereof, showing the wires in position thereupon,Fig. 3 is a top plan view of the bale tie, Fig. 1 is a vertical endelevation thereof, and Fig. 5 is a side elevation of the bale tie.

The bale tie to be described belongs to that species of ties which hasas a leading characteristic a flattened blank with which the oppositeends of the wire or similar securing means have engagement. The baleties of this particular construction hitherto in use have not afiordedsecurity against danger of the wire projections protruding from the tieand causing injury to the hands of the user. It has also been necessaryto perform two distinct operations in order to secure the tie hithertoin use over a bale and this has resulted in but very little efficiencybeing obtained from the use of the tie. By my construction the topsurface of the tie is devoid of any sharp projections and it is alsopossible at a single operation to lock and to cut the free end of thewire in order to cause the bale to be firmly held.

1 designates the flat and preferably rectangular base or blank formingthe bale tie and which is made preferably of steel metal but may be madeout of any suitable metal.

Formed upon the rigid base 1 intermediate its ends is a transverse cutaway portion 2 whose inner end is arcuate and forms part a of the outerrecess 4, the walls of which flare from small at the recess 3 to largeat the edge of said base.

Formed at one side of the kerf 2 and transversely in the base 1, is theup-set portion or tongue 5 disposed preferably diagonally of thelongitudinal axis of the base, and up-raised to a substantially obliqueposition, as clearly shown in Figs. 2, 4, and 5 so as to form an acuteangle with respect to the body of the base 1. The diagonal recess formedby rip-setting the tongue 5 is designated 6. A relatively elongatedrecess or notch 7 is formed transversely in the base 1 at the oppositeside of the kerf 2.

The bale tie will be used as follows: After the bale 9 or compact bodyto be secured by means of the tie is placed in position a given lengthof wire may be passed under the bottom and over the sides thereof untilthe opposed ends of the wire may be placed in position over the base 1,said opposed ends 10 and 11 being bent rigidly over the upper corners ofthe bale. The end 10 of the wire 8 will first be adjusted so as to besufficient in length to be passed through the recess 3 in the base 1 andto be bent over the edge of said recess and passed diagonally over theunder side 12 of said base and bent over the edge 13 thereof and overthe edge of said base as at 14: and then passed through the recess 7 andstill have a portion 15 to overlie the under side 12 of the base as aremainder. The opposite end 11 of the wire 8 may now be secured to saidtie after said wire shall have been drawn taut, and for this purpose itis only necessary to cause the end 11 to be passed under the base 1 andbent upwardly over the base 3, over the edge of said recess and thenbent as at 16 over the top of said base and passed under the tongue 5 soas to bridge the recess 6, until its uppermost end will rest upon theend 16 of the base 1. By means of any suitable instrument the tongue 5will then be stamped down upon and against the bridging portion 17 ofthe end 11 of the wire 8 thereby cutting off the outermost end 19 ofsaid wire and enabling the tongue 5 to enter its opening 6 so as tooccupy an alining position with respect to the main body of the base 1.When in this position the tongue 5 will overlie the bridge portion 17 ofthe end 11 of the Wire 8,

clearly shown in Fig. 1 and it will be gathered from said figure thatthe outermost ends 15 and 17 of the ends 10 and 11 of the wire 8 will bedisposed at the under side of said base 1. Should the hands of the usercome in contact with the overlying portions of the wire exposed at thetop of the base 1, a smooth surface will be presented devoid ofprojections which might cause injury.

Numerous modifications may be resorted to without departing in essencefrom the invention disclosed and claimed.

I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent:

1. A bale tie consisting of a plate having an opening with a reducedneck, oppositely inclined edges leading to said opening whereby a balewire may be directed to said opening, slots on said plate located on theopposite sides of said opening whereby the ends of said wire may be bentaround said plate and caught in said slots, a struck up tongue adjacentone of said slots under which one end of said wire is adapted to passsaid tongue adaptedto be driven down to a plane with said plate to bendsaid end into one of said slots, said tongue being adapted to coact withone edge of said last slot to form a shear to out 01f the extremeprojecting end of said wire set thereunder.

2. A bale tie consisting of a plate having slots adapted to receive theends of a bale wire and a tongue adapted to be bent down thereby bendingone end of said wire into one of said slots and clipping off the extremeend thereof.

3. A bale tie consisting of a plate having a series of slots and anupstruck tongue adapted to coact with said plate to shear a wire heldthereby, certain of said slots being formed in the opposite edges ofsaid plate.

4. A bale tie consisting of a plate having a series of slots, certain ofsaid slots adapt ed to receive the ends of a wire, and a struck uptongue adapted to be bent down thereby bending one ofsaid wires into oneof said slots and clipping OK the extreme end thereof, said plate beingfiat after said tongue is bent in. .1

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

CHARLES E. PULVER.

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Washington, I). 0.

